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i think there is something of a positive reaction on the foreign policy front. i think there has been to making go too far but at the moment i think it's quite healthy, a certain reticence to repeat injury what we did in iraq and afghanistan and the. i think that's healthy. the greater emphasis on asia i think is healthy. this recognition of the unique possibly for north america i think again is healthy. i see correct is going on in the foreign policy that a welcome and i see an eight strengths and great potential domestically, so yeah, i think of it all that it would be hard not to be optimistic. but it's not inevitable we get it right and that's again can why did i buy this book? is to put out the argument, look, like most people i work in the ideas business. and i believe that ideas matter. and what is hoping is that by putting out ideas like this like i tried to in this book, it could help kind of influence or contribute to the debate in this country about where we're going and how we get there at and that if people are sympathetic to this sort of a just abo
i think there is something of a positive reaction on the foreign policy front. i think there has been to making go too far but at the moment i think it's quite healthy, a certain reticence to repeat injury what we did in iraq and afghanistan and the. i think that's healthy. the greater emphasis on asia i think is healthy. this recognition of the unique possibly for north america i think again is healthy. i see correct is going on in the foreign policy that a welcome and i see an eight strengths...
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policy debacles there is a problem there. the secretary of defense to orchestrated the escalation of the 30 years later spoke of his regret we could count listen that it was a failure of the imagination to realize if french were the best informed westerners and we deny take them seriously because we assumed they had in for us. as the book recounts i went to their records and the french archives and what the advisers were telling him and they were not saying those americans had no coulter but what they said was they analyzed the intelligence the rich getting from vietnam vietnamese exiles were concentrated in paris they had a lot of good information and tried to step -- help with us but we could not hear it. >>host: are there times with other nations in type feelings the entire roman empire? >> that is the right question to ask and in that era of the golden age of the british empire officials will talk about the notion of why they encountered resistance in the indian colony but the explanation was when people rise up for criti
policy debacles there is a problem there. the secretary of defense to orchestrated the escalation of the 30 years later spoke of his regret we could count listen that it was a failure of the imagination to realize if french were the best informed westerners and we deny take them seriously because we assumed they had in for us. as the book recounts i went to their records and the french archives and what the advisers were telling him and they were not saying those americans had no coulter but...
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many foreign policy people think we are headed in that direction again. instead of acting like the source of power it competes on the world stage and we see that happening already. but it was also the information age in the world was shrinking with this dealership and a huge plume of newspaper publishing sought the same time the national conflicts take place others bring nations closer. in the diplomatic row that mitt nothing was private anymore they complain diplomacy has so new few secrets those are the words 150 years ago, carl marks was also a contemporary and wrongly predicted globalization would have national differences to disappear but he was right about the forces shaping the world into pro for the new york tribune a paper of a circulation of to the thousand that lincoln read all the least of riding towards the beginning of the civil war he had to deal with this world with all the vintages and drawbacks know he had the capability to speak directly to european newspaper readers he viewed that partly as a tool of international relations the of thou
many foreign policy people think we are headed in that direction again. instead of acting like the source of power it competes on the world stage and we see that happening already. but it was also the information age in the world was shrinking with this dealership and a huge plume of newspaper publishing sought the same time the national conflicts take place others bring nations closer. in the diplomatic row that mitt nothing was private anymore they complain diplomacy has so new few secrets...
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>> guest: the obama administration was split between two camps in foreign policy. on the one hand you had a wave of people i would describe typically described as a liberal internationals, people who do believe in the mission of the u.n. not to be this kind of diplomatic table where everybody negotiates and argues and debates but something which is actually supposed to take on aspects of global governance and aspects of sovereignty from sovereign states, and the united states traditionally has been very suspicious, liberal/conservative doesn't matter and the reason we are the world's hegemon and we are not going to wind up seeing that authority to the united nations but there was a very significant chunk of the incoming foreign policy establishment to the obama administration who really do believe this and thought this was the way forward. at the same time they were counterbalanced by a wing of the democratic party and the obama administration and led by secretary clinton, new liberal realists who have looked at the bush idealism, we call it neoconservatism in fore
>> guest: the obama administration was split between two camps in foreign policy. on the one hand you had a wave of people i would describe typically described as a liberal internationals, people who do believe in the mission of the u.n. not to be this kind of diplomatic table where everybody negotiates and argues and debates but something which is actually supposed to take on aspects of global governance and aspects of sovereignty from sovereign states, and the united states...
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i don't want to go through every foreign policy crisis in the book. i want you to read it and buy it and i want to talk about one in particular which is a good representative. toward the beginning of the war, france invaded mexico and by 1863 french troops conquered mexico city. by the following year napoleon iii had installed his, but on the mexican thrown. in the middle of this domestic crisis lincoln had a major challenge to the monroe doctrine south of the rio grande. you might say what could lincoln do? he didn't have a choice. there was a war raging at home, can't do anything about mexico but he did have a choice and many americans, some his allies and some enemies were urging him to take action specifically to invade mexico. there were people who thought the union and confederate armies reconcile, invade and drive napoleon's troops out and get a peace conference late in the war the compared vice president made this case as did some hawkish members of congress, some of lincoln's advisers. at times lincoln seems to share that view. a visitor reca
i don't want to go through every foreign policy crisis in the book. i want you to read it and buy it and i want to talk about one in particular which is a good representative. toward the beginning of the war, france invaded mexico and by 1863 french troops conquered mexico city. by the following year napoleon iii had installed his, but on the mexican thrown. in the middle of this domestic crisis lincoln had a major challenge to the monroe doctrine south of the rio grande. you might say what...
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we continue to work for an immigration policy, but also a foreign policy that looks at our neighbors in the hemisphere and takes back to the new realities. opportunities are being missed. in the 60s and 70s has no forward. the latino community wants to be a part of the future, is excited about it. i especially challenge our young people to get activated to become out of date too engaged policymakers, older generation are doing it. we need to young people to help us address the urban crisis we are experiencing about this country, but i would want to do is to contribute. [applause] >> i want to thank you again. i want to thank my good friend, antonio gonzales. this conversation is historic because it doesn't just encompass the discussion about immigration. you know, what i was hurt here today as we discussed the issue of economic parents of this community. this is the economic engine of this country and the faster the rest of the country embraces the concept, the greater we will all be for it. you know, i am incredibly proud to be an immigrant. i am incredibly proud to be latino and i
we continue to work for an immigration policy, but also a foreign policy that looks at our neighbors in the hemisphere and takes back to the new realities. opportunities are being missed. in the 60s and 70s has no forward. the latino community wants to be a part of the future, is excited about it. i especially challenge our young people to get activated to become out of date too engaged policymakers, older generation are doing it. we need to young people to help us address the urban crisis we...
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we had a dysfunctional foreign policy, we had this problem of the baby boom generation. and we have a 12 from kindergarten education system. it is not too late. we have about that kind of timeframe in order to start moving. if we don't move soon, it becomes almost impossible to fix this without upheaval. i happen to actually be fairly optimistic. i do think two things. i think the american sense of life, americans fundamentally don't like big government. when times seem to be moving the wrong direction, sometimes we are surprised. i think this is a nice caviar. the biggest thing that we have going for us is that we have the best ideas. the bad news is that things have railed over and over again. people tell me how surprised they were when the soviet union failed. but communism always fails. it did not surprise me at all. the question is when it does, will we be there with the right ideas to move the country in the right direction. even though i think we will win because we have the right ideas. in regards to individual objects, i think we had problems economically and pr
we had a dysfunctional foreign policy, we had this problem of the baby boom generation. and we have a 12 from kindergarten education system. it is not too late. we have about that kind of timeframe in order to start moving. if we don't move soon, it becomes almost impossible to fix this without upheaval. i happen to actually be fairly optimistic. i do think two things. i think the american sense of life, americans fundamentally don't like big government. when times seem to be moving the wrong...
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i have a question about foreign policy and about the future. we talked about in our community the human bridge between united states and the rest of the region and how it can express itself in modern diplomacy. i know you're a specialist not only in this but foreign policy. i wanted to hear your thoughts on that. >> if you look at the broad arc of american history, every group that has come here has, first, had to find its feet, then has something to say about what is going on back home. earlier in our history, a germans were active in german affairs in the late 19th century. keeping their links to their homeland alive through language societies and the movement and ore things in american cities. italians, after the first world war, when they finally start to find their footing in america. have organizations that speak to the united states government about what is going on back home. both pro and antimussolini. a strong strain of hard left activism, antifash schism in american cities. and also a group strong group of americans who believe that
i have a question about foreign policy and about the future. we talked about in our community the human bridge between united states and the rest of the region and how it can express itself in modern diplomacy. i know you're a specialist not only in this but foreign policy. i wanted to hear your thoughts on that. >> if you look at the broad arc of american history, every group that has come here has, first, had to find its feet, then has something to say about what is going on back home....
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adding a mac >> foreign-policy and especially security systems. this is another area where congress really has a role to play. the administration is basically decided that mohamed morsi at egypt is the new mubarak. the guy in the seat we will now help. it's completely indifferent to what our aid program should look like and what the desired outcome and egypt should be. the only thing they appear to be interested in is the continuation of the israeli egyptian camp david accords, which are obviously of great interest, but not really the only thing they should animate us and we talk about the largest country in the middle east. when i thought we were delivering fighter jets to the egyptian military, i just asked myself, what message does this send? the rule should be not the foreign aid is bad and not that foreign aid is good and not that military assistance is good or bad, it is the u.s. taxpayer dollar used to further u.s. tax your interest and every time a new government comes into power, we should take that aid down to zero and build it anew. doe
adding a mac >> foreign-policy and especially security systems. this is another area where congress really has a role to play. the administration is basically decided that mohamed morsi at egypt is the new mubarak. the guy in the seat we will now help. it's completely indifferent to what our aid program should look like and what the desired outcome and egypt should be. the only thing they appear to be interested in is the continuation of the israeli egyptian camp david accords, which are...
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the policy of our country, foreign policy, all the instruments of power it that you use to frame a policy must be driven with some higher purpose. i mentioned purpose, we lost purpose. we have been about ricocheting crisis to crisis. there's no strategic thinking, hasn't been strategic thinking for a long time in our foreign policy. it is the point i keep making. so does dick lugar who is one of the most accomplished foreign policy thinkers in the country as i do joe biden, one of the best. they talked about this for years. you must frame a strategic context first and then you frame the policy to fit the strategic context, the national interest of your country. what john bose. millennium john's account. that was one of the more creative things we have done. it is bigger than that. until we get a president that does that, then is able to implement, by the way in partnership with the congress, doesn't mean the congress has to agree with everything but you can't treat article i of the constitution like it is an appendix, like it is a nuisance. if for no other reason you can't sustain a forei
the policy of our country, foreign policy, all the instruments of power it that you use to frame a policy must be driven with some higher purpose. i mentioned purpose, we lost purpose. we have been about ricocheting crisis to crisis. there's no strategic thinking, hasn't been strategic thinking for a long time in our foreign policy. it is the point i keep making. so does dick lugar who is one of the most accomplished foreign policy thinkers in the country as i do joe biden, one of the best....
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policy team he in the past years we've had foreign policies but never necessarily have the had this kind of substantive expertise that you have. >> we have on the foreign policy team quite experienced foreign policy, she had been the secretary of defense before and vice president cheney had been the chief of staff and the white house, colin powell had been chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and the national security we had a lot of expertise but i really to this day not quite sure why sometimes the personalities didn't jell. i think it was the times that set the precedent. we think about people with internal dynamics. islamic think about the team have strong views because strong views are important you don't want a president who's just hearing one side of the story but think that the team dynamics. >> let's talk a little about latin america and the caribbean to the debt is a success to focus on latin america and the caribbean as a region in developing a u.s. policy given the fact that so many of the country's different in so many of them. i think about latin america and the carib
policy team he in the past years we've had foreign policies but never necessarily have the had this kind of substantive expertise that you have. >> we have on the foreign policy team quite experienced foreign policy, she had been the secretary of defense before and vice president cheney had been the chief of staff and the white house, colin powell had been chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and the national security we had a lot of expertise but i really to this day not quite sure why...
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i see correctives in the area of foreign policy and strength and great potential domestically and i have been given that it is hard not to. but it is not inevitable to get it right to. to put up the argument. i work in the idea business and i believe ideas matter and i am hoping by putting out ideas like this it can help influence or contribute to the debate about where we're going and how we get there and if people are sympathetic to what we should do should not be doing, there is no reason optimism doesn't become reality. >> thank you very much. i am really happy you wrote this book because there are a lot of books that are interesting and richard will be signing the book after this session but there are also those that are constructive and i think it pushes us to the debate we need as a country and whenever i have agreed with richard over the years it always means he gets into some kind of trouble. [laughter] i hope the only means they read the book and think about it. it is about restoring internal sources of power and balance to what the united states aims to do in the world and how
i see correctives in the area of foreign policy and strength and great potential domestically and i have been given that it is hard not to. but it is not inevitable to get it right to. to put up the argument. i work in the idea business and i believe ideas matter and i am hoping by putting out ideas like this it can help influence or contribute to the debate about where we're going and how we get there and if people are sympathetic to what we should do should not be doing, there is no reason...
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will change our foreign policy. my concerns china gets 70% of its energy supplies from the middle east. india about the same. and europe as well. and the global economy is so interlinked that even if the u.s. isn't dependent on middle eastern oil i feel like unstable in the region will hurt the chinese economy and the european economy. so, i think we should step back, do less, not engage ground invasion but not ignore the middle east, because it's going to -- turbulence there will impact the worldwide oil prices. and we have seen it with the european debt crisis. if there's economic problems in europe, we have economic problems here. sure. >> going back to -- sorry. >> that's all right. >> going back to this gentleman's question, if you think about iran, say, about the middle east, but you have the same moderate, we hope, some moderate muslims, and then you have the ruling elite, which are -- who are very radical muslims. how can we support the moderate without tainting them in the eyes of their own people? it's a p
will change our foreign policy. my concerns china gets 70% of its energy supplies from the middle east. india about the same. and europe as well. and the global economy is so interlinked that even if the u.s. isn't dependent on middle eastern oil i feel like unstable in the region will hurt the chinese economy and the european economy. so, i think we should step back, do less, not engage ground invasion but not ignore the middle east, because it's going to -- turbulence there will impact the...
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i have a question about foreign policy and about the future. we talked about in our community the human bridge between united states and the rest of the region and how it can express itself in modern diplomacy. i know you're a specialist not only in this but foreign policy. i wanted to hear your thoughts on that. >> if you look at the broad arc of american history, every group that has come here has, first, had to find its feet, then has something to say about what is going on back home. earlier in our history, a germans were active in german affairs in the late 19th century. keeping their links to their homeland alive through language societies and the movement and ore things in american cities. italians, after the first world war, when they finally start to find their footing in america. have organizations that speak to the united states government about what is going on back home. both pro and antimussolini. a strong strain of hard left activism, antifash schism in american cities. and also a group strong group of americans who believe that
i have a question about foreign policy and about the future. we talked about in our community the human bridge between united states and the rest of the region and how it can express itself in modern diplomacy. i know you're a specialist not only in this but foreign policy. i wanted to hear your thoughts on that. >> if you look at the broad arc of american history, every group that has come here has, first, had to find its feet, then has something to say about what is going on back home....
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policy. how do all of these moving parts work together, and what are the best ways for them to work together? just think of it, the response to any issue confronting our nation has to survive this complex gauntlet including the white house, the state department, the defense department, the justice department, probably others, and not to mention all the subgroups in each of these establishments that can be counted on to disagree with one another. so many different world views embedded in our government, and so many ways to fail. in essence, this book is sort of a primer for a president and how does he or she should think about organizing its foreign policy initiatives and what the role of the white house is versus the state department and the defense department. we're fortunate that elliot will be here. he is going to talk for about a half an hour, and then we'll have, hopefully, a robust question and answer period. and at about 7:30 we'll convene in the atrium for cocktails, and i will mentio
policy. how do all of these moving parts work together, and what are the best ways for them to work together? just think of it, the response to any issue confronting our nation has to survive this complex gauntlet including the white house, the state department, the defense department, the justice department, probably others, and not to mention all the subgroups in each of these establishments that can be counted on to disagree with one another. so many different world views embedded in our...
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we are them and they did not hijack american or american foreign policy but did what we wanted that is one of the reasons we had forgotten them if we want to find who was to blame of what the dulles brothers left behind rather than point a finger at the dulles brothers on the wall baby look in the of the year would be more effective turco . but as a first force was missionary calvinism the dulles brothers drop in the parsonage their father was a clergyman and so was their father and great-grandfather many great-uncle's and also missionaries' the grandfather went off to india to convert that he then sand at home they always had missionaries on their way back from china or the middle east faugh it was a burst in the missionary ketose. this was not just plant but a very specific form and it had to essential principles. the first is the world is made up of good and evil forces. christiansen not have the right to sit home and hope that good triumphs over evil you half -- evil you have to convert those and bring them to the white if you don't do that you are not fulfilling the purpose for wh
we are them and they did not hijack american or american foreign policy but did what we wanted that is one of the reasons we had forgotten them if we want to find who was to blame of what the dulles brothers left behind rather than point a finger at the dulles brothers on the wall baby look in the of the year would be more effective turco . but as a first force was missionary calvinism the dulles brothers drop in the parsonage their father was a clergyman and so was their father and...
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we did research education on foreign and defense policy issues. we do not conduct any classified research. if you want to learn more about the foreign policy rsearch fpri.org and you can follow it on twitter. on the subject of the "serving or servicing the civil-military divide, edwin writes in on twitter. we will go to lc on the phone from jacksonville, alabama. good morning, elsie. caller: good morning and happy veterans day. birmingham claims to have one of the oldest veterans day parades in the country. before the veterans day, we had armistice day. we had a parade when i was a child and that was quite a few years ago. i was a military wife. my husband was in the military before world war ii started. mr. noonan was talking about fort drummond, new york. my husband was stationed at the philippine islands and that is where he was when world war ii started. the towns that we lived in really supported the military. they were glad to have them there. for most of my life when we were in the service, we did live in areas that were very welcoming to t
we did research education on foreign and defense policy issues. we do not conduct any classified research. if you want to learn more about the foreign policy rsearch fpri.org and you can follow it on twitter. on the subject of the "serving or servicing the civil-military divide, edwin writes in on twitter. we will go to lc on the phone from jacksonville, alabama. good morning, elsie. caller: good morning and happy veterans day. birmingham claims to have one of the oldest veterans day...
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government leverages technology to foreign policy. so i found it interesting that obamacare campaign hired 300 data analysts to look at the messenger, the policy, what platform. if you look at the state department for the national security counsel, i think there is a zero or a handful of data analysts. so does it look like our ambassadors are like campaign managers for the dash board saying it's a policy, this is messenger. this the platform that we should use? could you go beyond social media and sort of share your thought on leverage data to form foreign policy? >> the current problem is still that -- the good news is the foreign policy apparatus or the importance of technology. the problem is we still view in foreign policy technology through the lens of public diplomacy and communicating. i'm not touting the importance of public diplomacy and communicating. that's one instrument of stay craft. the bigger sort of role of the technology can play is in how it empowers local entity and individuals who address local challenges. there's
government leverages technology to foreign policy. so i found it interesting that obamacare campaign hired 300 data analysts to look at the messenger, the policy, what platform. if you look at the state department for the national security counsel, i think there is a zero or a handful of data analysts. so does it look like our ambassadors are like campaign managers for the dash board saying it's a policy, this is messenger. this the platform that we should use? could you go beyond social media...
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government leverage its technology to foreign policy. i just found it interesting that the obama campaign hired 380 analyst to look at who is a messenger, what is the policy, what platform. and if you look at the state department and the national security council, i think there is zero or a handful of the analysts. so does it look like our ambassadors are like campaign managers for the deaths were saying, this is the policy, this is the messenger, this is the platform that we should use. so, could you go beyond social media and soda share your thoughts on how to leverage data to form foreign policy? >> the current problem is still -- the good news is the foreign policy apparatus gets the boards of technology. the problem is, we still view in foreign policy technology to the lens of public diplomacy in communicating, and i am not discounting the importance of public diplomacy and communicating, but that is just one instrument of statecraft. the bigger sort of role that technology can play is in how it empowers local entities and individua
government leverage its technology to foreign policy. i just found it interesting that the obama campaign hired 380 analyst to look at who is a messenger, what is the policy, what platform. and if you look at the state department and the national security council, i think there is zero or a handful of the analysts. so does it look like our ambassadors are like campaign managers for the deaths were saying, this is the policy, this is the messenger, this is the platform that we should use. so,...
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moreover, more than ever foreign-policy his economic policy. the world is competing for resources in global markets. every day that goes by where america it is uncertain about engaging in that area are unwilling to put our best foot forward, and went to demonstrate our resolve, to lead is a day in which we weaken our nation itself my plea is that we can summon across party lines without partisan diversions and economic patriotism which recognizes that americans strengthen prospects abroad depend on american strength and resolve a home. it's hard to tell the leaders of a number of countries that have to deal with imf, balance the budget, create economic order with there's none if we don't provide it for soles. it's also imperative that in implementing president obama sufficient for the world as the ends more than a decade of war and we join together to augment our message to the world. president obama and everyone of us here knows that american foreign policy is not defined by drones and deployments along. we cannot allow the extraordinary good
moreover, more than ever foreign-policy his economic policy. the world is competing for resources in global markets. every day that goes by where america it is uncertain about engaging in that area are unwilling to put our best foot forward, and went to demonstrate our resolve, to lead is a day in which we weaken our nation itself my plea is that we can summon across party lines without partisan diversions and economic patriotism which recognizes that americans strengthen prospects abroad...
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and the president's approval rating on foreign policy was 34%. this is not an expedient decision for the president. he believed we had to act. he also flipped the decision making process on its head. usually you move the decision up from the deputy and the principle of the president. this turned it upside down. the only principle that approved this is madeline, leon, and the nfc folk. not anybody else at the time. we dispatched them to go to the european with a different posture which called tell don't ask. and the posture was we're going to do this. with you or without you. and the europeans said with us. and -- a few weeks later he uponned it and what began was operation delivered force. 11 days of intensive bombing of syria. 3,000. 60 targets. at one point the u.n. asked us to pause the bombing. the bombing continued and after 11 days -- agree to ceasefire and two weeks later peace conference patterson air force base where whole brooke, and general and others an extraordinary brilliant negotiation hammered out what became the peace accord. so
and the president's approval rating on foreign policy was 34%. this is not an expedient decision for the president. he believed we had to act. he also flipped the decision making process on its head. usually you move the decision up from the deputy and the principle of the president. this turned it upside down. the only principle that approved this is madeline, leon, and the nfc folk. not anybody else at the time. we dispatched them to go to the european with a different posture which called...
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foreign policy. he ran on the national security because we were in the cold war and that is what was on the forefront of the mind of the american people. and so, during the cold war period, we tended to address those issues in the campaigns. to argue them out of the american people made decisions based upon whom the assessed was the best person for the foreign policy and national security committee and as the berlin wall fell, and by the way i would say that ronald reagan had a lot to say about foreign policy and national security as he was campaigning then when the berlin wall came down they were turned much more inward. i would say to final things. number one, we at the foundation that i am chairing and president of believe that the opportunity combined with the economic power of the united states and the restoration of the economy is the number-one issue and i believe every poll shows that the american people think that the economic health of the country is the number-one issue and it will manifes
foreign policy. he ran on the national security because we were in the cold war and that is what was on the forefront of the mind of the american people. and so, during the cold war period, we tended to address those issues in the campaigns. to argue them out of the american people made decisions based upon whom the assessed was the best person for the foreign policy and national security committee and as the berlin wall fell, and by the way i would say that ronald reagan had a lot to say about...
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government leverages technology to foreign policy. so i found it interesting that obamacare campaign hired 300 data analysts to look at the messenger, the policy, what platform. if you look at the state department for the national security counsel, i think there is a zero or a handful of data analysts. so does it look like our ambassadors are like campaign managers for the dash board saying it's a policy, this is messenger. this the platform that we should use? could you go beyond social media and sort of share your thought on leverage data to form foreign policy? >> the current problem is still that -- the good news is the foreign policy apparatus or the importance of technology. the problem is we still view in foreign policy technology through the lens of public diplomacy and communicating. i'm not touting the importance of public diplomacy and communicating. that's one instrument of stay craft. the bigger sort of role of the technology can play is in how it empowers local entity and individuals who address local challenges. there's
government leverages technology to foreign policy. so i found it interesting that obamacare campaign hired 300 data analysts to look at the messenger, the policy, what platform. if you look at the state department for the national security counsel, i think there is a zero or a handful of data analysts. so does it look like our ambassadors are like campaign managers for the dash board saying it's a policy, this is messenger. this the platform that we should use? could you go beyond social media...
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policy position, but she took it personally, and you can almost see in her face the fact that a regret they never had a child, and she said, i i never had children, i can't answer. it was an abstract question. the next day, the media says she's not ready for the trail because she's not talking like a candidate, but in the personal way, and in three weeks, the campaign just folded. i think michael's problem in terms of the presidential debates when asked about whether what he would do if his wife was raped and gave a lawyerly answer, a defense of his opposition to capital punishment, and then all the sudden, does the guy have a human side at all? i think it's those things that keep of -- we see into the capabilities, see into the character of the individual. al gore was hurt over the years, not because of one event, but because of the kind of pointed out as a serial exaggerator. any one of those stories, you know, i mean, you could explain away, you know, never invented the internet, but said he helped create. invent, we have him in the laboratory, on the computer doing it. he was impor
policy position, but she took it personally, and you can almost see in her face the fact that a regret they never had a child, and she said, i i never had children, i can't answer. it was an abstract question. the next day, the media says she's not ready for the trail because she's not talking like a candidate, but in the personal way, and in three weeks, the campaign just folded. i think michael's problem in terms of the presidential debates when asked about whether what he would do if his...
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they are developing a foreign policy against the united states. i think it's important to raise those issues. you know, these issues need to be discussed, and the importance of democracy in the region. in terms of civil society, i think, i know that some people don't like the word nation building. they say, well, we don't have to be in the business of nation building, we heard that during the iraq crisis and others. no, i think in the case of latin america we need to, we need to be involved in nation building. and nation building means institution building. we are doing it. sometimes we are succeeding, sometimes we are not. but i think it's important to strengthen democracy, to strengthen the legal system, to help them build and educate them how to build their democratic institutions. even teach them how our parties work. i know we are not that happy with the way our parties work, but, you know, how to respond more to constituencies. i'm not saying that the united states has the ability to solve their problems, you know? sometimes, you know, you t
they are developing a foreign policy against the united states. i think it's important to raise those issues. you know, these issues need to be discussed, and the importance of democracy in the region. in terms of civil society, i think, i know that some people don't like the word nation building. they say, well, we don't have to be in the business of nation building, we heard that during the iraq crisis and others. no, i think in the case of latin america we need to, we need to be involved in...
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at the moment the international economy is a little shaky and there are some foreign policy hot spots that are quite worrisome that a strong president with the backing of the congress and the nation that i didn't like might be preferable, certainly preferable to the weak one that i didn't like. but in a fury it was even preferable to one that i did like. i might not like the idea of the president but we might have to take that kind of change if we want to skate two years in a very strange presidency. >> [inaudible] >> i don't know. every now and then come every four years or so, i get out the binoculars and go watch the republicans build their societies and so on. [laughter] i really don't like -- i don't enjoy following politics much day today. i did it for about ten years and that is enough. >> how bout bill bennett and gertrude? >> they would be very interesting. a very interesting ticket. the next time i talk to anybody over at the rnc conwell moved that -- i will moot that. [applause] >>> book tv is a visit to annapolis maryland continues with the hope to the total of comcast. we
at the moment the international economy is a little shaky and there are some foreign policy hot spots that are quite worrisome that a strong president with the backing of the congress and the nation that i didn't like might be preferable, certainly preferable to the weak one that i didn't like. but in a fury it was even preferable to one that i did like. i might not like the idea of the president but we might have to take that kind of change if we want to skate two years in a very strange...
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the executive director refers to china's foreign policy, whichever decreases disgusting as an international family planning program. one of the board numbers wrote a letter to the editor of "the new york times" in the 80s and said i think china has developed one of the most humane and rational population policies in the world. that's unbelievable. this is information that hasn't caught up to the broader conservative movement because it's just the commanders to that immigration restriction is part of the litmus test. it's not because these people don't have a conservative bone in their body. for environmentalists and they are radically pro-abortion. not pro-choice, pro-abortion. this is something we'll be pushing quite a bit as we try and educate to grassroots, you know, what does the immigration restriction movement stands for quite when you write a check, as a member of congress, who are your supporting them what is the ultimate goal here? is 180 degrees opposed to mainstream thinking. key in the center-right community i must start with a blank slate and talk about benefits economically, f
the executive director refers to china's foreign policy, whichever decreases disgusting as an international family planning program. one of the board numbers wrote a letter to the editor of "the new york times" in the 80s and said i think china has developed one of the most humane and rational population policies in the world. that's unbelievable. this is information that hasn't caught up to the broader conservative movement because it's just the commanders to that immigration...
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. >> roger ransom smores of domestic and foreign policy would have been different if this several -- civil war was won by the south. his book is "the confederate states of america," and he spoke with book tv while we were in palm springs, california. >> the premise of the book is exactly what the title suggests, what might have happened if the south won the civil war. it i think that is something worth worrying about because the truth of the matter is, the reason we were so much about the civil war is the south did not win, and the north did. and so i am trying to go back and reconstruct, from what we know about the way the war actually once and the reasons for it and say, now if we changed a few things to -- and he would have to change more than one, but a few things. what with the world be like. >> the first things you look at. >> well, the first thing a look at is why did we fight this war in the first place? i will go into details, but to make a long story short, it is, we went to war over the issue of slavery. there are a lot of issues between north, south. as my daddy used to s
. >> roger ransom smores of domestic and foreign policy would have been different if this several -- civil war was won by the south. his book is "the confederate states of america," and he spoke with book tv while we were in palm springs, california. >> the premise of the book is exactly what the title suggests, what might have happened if the south won the civil war. it i think that is something worth worrying about because the truth of the matter is, the reason we were...
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policy. at that time, america was exercising its muscle, and it was getting used to being a world power or aspiring to be a world power. it was looking for an empire, looking for colonies, looking for competing against the european powers to show we, too, americans, were a force in the world. the -- there was a revolution going on in cuba, the cubans were fighting the spanish for independence, and there were people pro and con, and americans liked the fact there was a revolution going on because they didn't -- they wanted spain out of america, and we thought we had a lot of investment in cuba, wanted to trade with cuba, and we sort of would be good if cuba was more open to u.s. influence and exchange. there was pro-spanish riots in havana, in january, and so teddy roosevelt and others sent the uss maine to havana harbor in february, and the idea was the show the spanish sthorts in cuba that america was intent on at least helping these revolutionaryies overthrow the government. maine was in ha
policy. at that time, america was exercising its muscle, and it was getting used to being a world power or aspiring to be a world power. it was looking for an empire, looking for colonies, looking for competing against the european powers to show we, too, americans, were a force in the world. the -- there was a revolution going on in cuba, the cubans were fighting the spanish for independence, and there were people pro and con, and americans liked the fact there was a revolution going on...
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so this would present a severe crisis for the islamic republic's foreign policy. and hezbollah right now is feeling a lot of pressure because of support of the syrian regime, losing a lot of credibility on the arab streets, if you will. the arab spring is also funded militia in the islamic republic's foreign policy narrative. for years, saying it supports the average man and woman on the street in the face of what it termed to be u.s. and israeli imperialism. support for autocratic arab regimes. by those regimes are falling apart. so what is the islamic republic resisting exactly in the region? mubarak is gone. so broadly the arab spring is weakening iran's position towards the arab spring in general. and also iran's own behavior, that has led to a decline in its reputation in the middle east. in 2009, the iranian regime reacted very violently toward demonstrations that occurred after the presidential election, and this damaged iran's credibility or had a lot of people in the region tell me that they view the iran regime as a very different manner after 2000. and
so this would present a severe crisis for the islamic republic's foreign policy. and hezbollah right now is feeling a lot of pressure because of support of the syrian regime, losing a lot of credibility on the arab streets, if you will. the arab spring is also funded militia in the islamic republic's foreign policy narrative. for years, saying it supports the average man and woman on the street in the face of what it termed to be u.s. and israeli imperialism. support for autocratic arab...
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i just want to go back and said foreign policy. we don't have the luxury if we want to compete in the global economy we must compete. i agree with senator corker. maybe we should have been up for an economic position but will you utilize the state to try to get the president to work with us to solve the issue because this is a matter of prioritizing spending and i don't think we can continue to tax the american economy. we need economic growth but it's about prioritizing spending. i have conservative beliefs foreign aid can be useful, but we have to get our spending out of control. we utilize the position to encourage the president to work with us in good faith to solve the debt and deficit issue >> i spent six months i guess it was or five months as a member of the super committee. and i put an enormous amount of energy and hope that we would be able to get the bigger bargain. i'm not here to go through the details of why we didn't, that there was a very hard line monitor negotiating position that prevented us from being able to c
i just want to go back and said foreign policy. we don't have the luxury if we want to compete in the global economy we must compete. i agree with senator corker. maybe we should have been up for an economic position but will you utilize the state to try to get the president to work with us to solve the issue because this is a matter of prioritizing spending and i don't think we can continue to tax the american economy. we need economic growth but it's about prioritizing spending. i have...
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[laughter] for anyone who is, pays attention to american foreign policy and military affairs, you know that ever since the attacks on this country on 9/11 the united states has had to evolve militarily, in our intelligence community, in many ways to meet the challenge of this new enemy. and more than anyone that i can think of, general mcchrystal has been responsible for shaping that evolution and developing the what i call the targeting engine which is what we have, i think, adopted as our primary method of defending the country. so thank you for being here, general mcchrystal. the great to see you. >> thanks, mark. thanks for a too-kind introduction. i always thought of you as a nonfiction writer, but you're free to go into fiction now. [laughter] >> now, i know that our -- you were the commander of our special operations in iraq and afghanistan, and there has been, as i mentioned, a rapid evolution. i'm familiar from writing black hawk down with the way things were back in the early '90s. can you give us an idea of sort of the overall strategy that's evolved, and we'll get to specif
[laughter] for anyone who is, pays attention to american foreign policy and military affairs, you know that ever since the attacks on this country on 9/11 the united states has had to evolve militarily, in our intelligence community, in many ways to meet the challenge of this new enemy. and more than anyone that i can think of, general mcchrystal has been responsible for shaping that evolution and developing the what i call the targeting engine which is what we have, i think, adopted as our...
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and i've noticed because i spend all my time looking at foreign policy issues broadly and because iran is one of my issues is that is increasingly true in washington. is it because we have defeated the iranian nuclear weapons program? is it because our dialogue with the iranians has borne fruit? is it because the iranian government has had second thoughts? is it because the europeans and their ongoing dialogue with the iranian government about the nuclear program has been successful? or is it none of the above? the honest answer, of course, is it's none of the above. the bigst problem is that there is an incredible blossoming of threats around the world right now, and we had a lot to talk about before we could even come to iran. worse yet, our government is -- and i would say many, many on the right and the left -- are bored with iran. i think that the tacit notion is that containment is a very good option because this, after all, is the year in which iran will get nuclear weapons. and for those of you who have a slightly longer memory than some in the washington press, you'll remember
and i've noticed because i spend all my time looking at foreign policy issues broadly and because iran is one of my issues is that is increasingly true in washington. is it because we have defeated the iranian nuclear weapons program? is it because our dialogue with the iranians has borne fruit? is it because the iranian government has had second thoughts? is it because the europeans and their ongoing dialogue with the iranian government about the nuclear program has been successful? or is it...
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middle and you sit down with a bunch of farmers and they can talk foreign policy literally. they know more about what is going on because they know the folks that want to settle over there and that is what you all are about. i especially want to start by thanking fred. he has done incredibly important work and we owe him a great deal. fred, we owe you a great deal of help for what you have done to boost american exports. but every single job that you have ever taken, you have done extremely well. and i want you to know and i mean this seriously and personally and on behalf of the president we appreciate your dedication more than you know. and so it is an honor also to be with the rest of you this afternoon to have a chance to speak with so many people on the front lines of our economic renewal. i a understand probably better than almost anyone can you understand almost better than anyone the sheer potential that this global economy of words to the united states of america can you are well aware of the challenges as well to get this is a familiar story. in the post war, post
middle and you sit down with a bunch of farmers and they can talk foreign policy literally. they know more about what is going on because they know the folks that want to settle over there and that is what you all are about. i especially want to start by thanking fred. he has done incredibly important work and we owe him a great deal. fred, we owe you a great deal of help for what you have done to boost american exports. but every single job that you have ever taken, you have done extremely...
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i say foreign policy's just trying to get some country to do what you want, all it is. what are the tools? there's not a lot of tools in the national security tool box. there is diplomacy on one end and use of force on another, and various graduations. sanctions are a very important economic tool, and the 1990s was very much known as the sanctions decade. it was very interesting because i think that one of the other things i did at the u.n. was try to make sure that sanctions stayed on iraq. that was, you had a cease fire translated into a series of captions, and those were very kind of ham handed sanctions, if i might say. the most, the toughest sanctions on any country at all, and what we were looking at through leon's help was to try to really get more surgical with the sanctions in -- on the form of yugoslavia. one of the problems that was there, because you put two things together, is that there was an arms embargo that was put on that only hurt the countries that had seceded from the seshes. the serbs had a huge standing military, and the reason we wanted to lift
i say foreign policy's just trying to get some country to do what you want, all it is. what are the tools? there's not a lot of tools in the national security tool box. there is diplomacy on one end and use of force on another, and various graduations. sanctions are a very important economic tool, and the 1990s was very much known as the sanctions decade. it was very interesting because i think that one of the other things i did at the u.n. was try to make sure that sanctions stayed on iraq....
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foreign policy. during his 30 years in public life and more than 25 years in the senate, senator kerry championed many issues. the senate foreign relations committee favorably reported his nomination to the senate unanimously and presented senator kerry with an honorary resolution highlighting a few of his many accomplishments. among his accomplishments are the partnership he formed with senator john mccain that led to an effort to investigate the fate of american soldiers unaccounted for in vietnam and normalize relations with a former enemy which is in essence vietnam. his leadership of difficult, sensitive and comprehensive investigations in the senate on everything from the bank of credit and commerce international and illegal money laundering to the noriega regime in panama is well known. advocating for a democratic elections in the philippines and serving with senator lugar as part of a senator delegation that uncovered the fraud that led to the ouster of president noriega. advocating for progr
foreign policy. during his 30 years in public life and more than 25 years in the senate, senator kerry championed many issues. the senate foreign relations committee favorably reported his nomination to the senate unanimously and presented senator kerry with an honorary resolution highlighting a few of his many accomplishments. among his accomplishments are the partnership he formed with senator john mccain that led to an effort to investigate the fate of american soldiers unaccounted for in...
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policy. so there are many different interrelations here that unfortunately seem to be getting more serious by the day and we have a panel that i think is certainly one of the best panels one could possibly put together to talk about this. the real top experts in the united states on this subject. our first panelist is spike bowman who is a specialist in national security law and policy. most recently he served as the deputy of the national counterintelligence executive. he served before that is the senior research fellow at the national defense university and prior to that he was in the senior executive service federal bureau of investigation is the senior counsel for national security law and is director of the intelligence issues group at the national security branch. please join me in welcoming spike bowman. [applause] >> thank you, john. when we think of organized crime i think most of us incorporated about the east coast of the united states when we look at the crime families and things
policy. so there are many different interrelations here that unfortunately seem to be getting more serious by the day and we have a panel that i think is certainly one of the best panels one could possibly put together to talk about this. the real top experts in the united states on this subject. our first panelist is spike bowman who is a specialist in national security law and policy. most recently he served as the deputy of the national counterintelligence executive. he served before that is...
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good foreign policy benefits every single america. every american benefits. 16 million jobs, directly or indreblgtly, rely on ags culture and a positive balance of trade. this is absolutely the kind of work that we need to get done. we are general rating billions. when you combine that w a long-term farm bill, a five-year farm bill, you also generate economic growth. and that economic growth will not only help ri deuce the deficit as well, but it puts people to work: this is important work for all americans.
good foreign policy benefits every single america. every american benefits. 16 million jobs, directly or indreblgtly, rely on ags culture and a positive balance of trade. this is absolutely the kind of work that we need to get done. we are general rating billions. when you combine that w a long-term farm bill, a five-year farm bill, you also generate economic growth. and that economic growth will not only help ri deuce the deficit as well, but it puts people to work: this is important work for...
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policy and less foreign aid and more conservative ideas about where to spend money and red hat troops. i think you'll you're more that in the years to come. >> host: apology, sorry. coughing attack here. mitch mcconnell, is rolled? >> guest: mitch mcconnell has a central role. mitch mcconnell is doing a lot because mitch mcconnell was the one when there was truly an impasse in the fiscal cliff negotiation he was the one who is able to call vice president biden and cut a deal. that says a lot about his political ability. he's able to reach out to the white house and make a deal happen. he will be the one to watch because of the house continues to be a little bit of a mess, no one knows how to protect where the house will go on on the debt ceiling, mitch mcconnell will get sent republicans to work together. >> host: marie is next and turner spurred north carolina, republican caller. >> caller: good morning. can you hear me? >> guest: yes. >> caller: okay, i just wanted to make a comment in support of john boehner. this is coming from someone who has, i have just never been in the down a
policy and less foreign aid and more conservative ideas about where to spend money and red hat troops. i think you'll you're more that in the years to come. >> host: apology, sorry. coughing attack here. mitch mcconnell, is rolled? >> guest: mitch mcconnell has a central role. mitch mcconnell is doing a lot because mitch mcconnell was the one when there was truly an impasse in the fiscal cliff negotiation he was the one who is able to call vice president biden and cut a deal. that...
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foreign policy in a crisis which is all about of the times when presidents and other foreign leaders decide not to intervene are not to use force because the legal advisers still in that it is unlawful which are stores that most people don't know. >> we only had a moment when something like some lawful. a legal adviser comes up with the rationale. >> but in the u.k. they literally have this debate on parliament. they had a commission coming hearings, they had the former legal adviser of the united kingdom and had resigned in protest of the 2003 invasion saying that it was unlawful. and by a very narrow margin the parliament said, we think it would be unlawful to intervene. we will not allow you to do that the u.s. is saying, well, maybe we have to ask our congress for permission since u.s. to parliament. our congress is going to say no. so of a sudden because the illegality was so murky it made it much more difficult. >> and the story they you just described explains why all of this actually matters. had that been a true moment in definition this would be a very different conversatio
foreign policy in a crisis which is all about of the times when presidents and other foreign leaders decide not to intervene are not to use force because the legal advisers still in that it is unlawful which are stores that most people don't know. >> we only had a moment when something like some lawful. a legal adviser comes up with the rationale. >> but in the u.k. they literally have this debate on parliament. they had a commission coming hearings, they had the former legal...
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american has consequential foreign policy. and we have been -- the general is significant here and won't disagree with me. the last foreign policy we had -- all impermission was bush 41. the relationship between the ends and means make sense. they didn't overreach because ideology, principle is important but they steered clear of straitjacketed ideology. i worked for the last three administrations. i do not have a level of confidence, i'm sorry. and have not had the level of confidence in this. i worked for half a dozen secretary of state. i don't know whether we're up to managing what it is you are suggesting. and i concede to you, buffer the neighboring states, try to create a transitional government we can recognize with a syrian prime minister, do much more on humanitarian side. plan for the chemical contingency, and yes, reluctantly think about what we can do to see if we can't somehow without getting ourselves immersed in syria test your proposition. go ahead and test it. but at the end of the day, sorry, the last commen
american has consequential foreign policy. and we have been -- the general is significant here and won't disagree with me. the last foreign policy we had -- all impermission was bush 41. the relationship between the ends and means make sense. they didn't overreach because ideology, principle is important but they steered clear of straitjacketed ideology. i worked for the last three administrations. i do not have a level of confidence, i'm sorry. and have not had the level of confidence in this....
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in closing, this bill makes tough choices foreign policy problems, but these are the choices that we have made and that we have had to make in this budget environment and in a rapidly changing world and i know that it's not often that i want to express my gratitude for the very hard work of the staff. they were given a difficult challenge and they did an outstanding job. the staff loyalty and dedication is recognized in the majority staff, i want to thank the clerk and craig higgins and alice hogan and susan adams and sylvia and jamie. for my personal staff and want to thank everyone. i want to recognize steve and mark hayes and this is my family that is part of my personal office. and i want to talk to the ranking member for her opening statement. >> thank you, chairwoman. i want to express my appreciation and as the chairwoman mentioned, we were very closely working together as this bill moves to the process and i know that she and i are both committed to making the bill even a better bill. i want to thank the staff as well on the majority side and craig higgins and alice hogan and
in closing, this bill makes tough choices foreign policy problems, but these are the choices that we have made and that we have had to make in this budget environment and in a rapidly changing world and i know that it's not often that i want to express my gratitude for the very hard work of the staff. they were given a difficult challenge and they did an outstanding job. the staff loyalty and dedication is recognized in the majority staff, i want to thank the clerk and craig higgins and alice...
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policy wedded and to be a democracy in the region and in the world. historically, brazil has been inherent to principles on interference and self-determination of peoples and has been very reluctant to criticize countries. no matter what they're doing. because at one level it doesn't believe it should come at another level it is quite vulnerable to criticism and is not open the door for a reciprocal attacks. and what's about a certain protection, especially with inciting additional. i don't think that is a stance that will be able to maintain in the long term. as the society globalize this cannot brazil to wonder what it means to be a democracy in the world and hottest brazil express that democracy. the fact that internally got such a strong commitment to an open society, such a strong commitment to individual rights is a very positive thing to work from. so this is going to be an evolutionary process over time. it's just when we can't give up on. we have to keep focused and pushing on it. as regards to questions in the country, brazil is a huge count
policy wedded and to be a democracy in the region and in the world. historically, brazil has been inherent to principles on interference and self-determination of peoples and has been very reluctant to criticize countries. no matter what they're doing. because at one level it doesn't believe it should come at another level it is quite vulnerable to criticism and is not open the door for a reciprocal attacks. and what's about a certain protection, especially with inciting additional. i don't...
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in foreign policy issues. then presidential historian richard norton smith discusses that taped phone calls made by president richard nixon in the summer of 1972. it looks like the impact of those recordings as well as the political climate of the time. all that and your calls on washington channel live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> next, president of laws proposed energy initiative in africa that aims to expand the sub-saharan region access to a lecture power. the president announced the plan is trip to africa last month. this discussion as to by the center for strategic and international studies a little less than two hours. .. >> we look at the role of the private sector in the u.s. development can harness the energy of the private sector and maximize development impact. we are very grateful for this chevron corporation for their and sport content support. i would also like to thank christina perkins has done a great job of bringing us all together today. president obama traveled to africa from june 25
in foreign policy issues. then presidential historian richard norton smith discusses that taped phone calls made by president richard nixon in the summer of 1972. it looks like the impact of those recordings as well as the political climate of the time. all that and your calls on washington channel live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> next, president of laws proposed energy initiative in africa that aims to expand the sub-saharan region access to a lecture power. the president...
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nora was about to be running foreign policy for romney. [laughter]>> o okay.we'rgoing g >> we going to get together and gossip. okay. that.ad that >> you can read that.ve >> man, you have bad handwritina but thankd you but thank you. >> i'm so happy to see you! >> thank you for coming. yeah! >> hello. [inaudible conversations] >> it's been -- since we hung out at my house. [inaudible conversations] [laughter] >> that sounds vaguely familiar. [inaudible conversations] >> there we go! fantastic! [inaudible conversations] >> this is for your sister? >> yeah. >> that's so nice of you. [inaudible conversations] >> obligations -- [laughter] >> thank you. this is a fun one. >> oh, good! >> this one isn't like work. >> i said have you ever ran an ann cowl -- coulter. >> thank you. i appreciate that. you're my favorite person here now. [inaudible conversations] >> ann, how are you doing? tell me when you're ready to go in! >> let me sign the one in here. i want them to buy books and come here. >>> hello. we have a fun segment. let's do it again thi
nora was about to be running foreign policy for romney. [laughter]>> o okay.we'rgoing g >> we going to get together and gossip. okay. that.ad that >> you can read that.ve >> man, you have bad handwritina but thankd you but thank you. >> i'm so happy to see you! >> thank you for coming. yeah! >> hello. [inaudible conversations] >> it's been -- since we hung out at my house. [inaudible conversations] [laughter] >> that sounds vaguely familiar....
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chris, i have a question for you about foreign policy but not the bilateral relations with venezuela. first of all, i'm not sure whether during the obama administration we have seen human rights democracy, a real component to other region. in the middle east and maybe africa and asia the component is pretty clear. for latin america i don't see their strategy. i don't see the relevance. now, you have mentioned several times the oas. the reason why, one of the reasons why secretary general sosa explained that he has no role in venezuela or, you know, in similar countries in latin america, crisis like this is because, you know, he's just a servant, an employee of an organization that if nobody step in, you know, nothing happened. do you expect during the new obama term a different approach with regard to the oar? we understand that everything we do from here toward caracas could be, could backfire, you know? but in the context of the oas where there's collective -- [inaudible] to preserve free speech, fundamental principles of separation of powers, given the situation in venezuela are yo
chris, i have a question for you about foreign policy but not the bilateral relations with venezuela. first of all, i'm not sure whether during the obama administration we have seen human rights democracy, a real component to other region. in the middle east and maybe africa and asia the component is pretty clear. for latin america i don't see their strategy. i don't see the relevance. now, you have mentioned several times the oas. the reason why, one of the reasons why secretary general sosa...
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roger explores how domestic and foreign policy would been different if the civil war was won by the south. his book is "confederate state of america "he spoke with booktv while we were in palm brings, california. >>> the book is exactly what the title suggests. what might have happened if the south won the civil war, and i think that is something worth worrying about because the truth of the matter is the reason we worry so much about the civil war is the south did not win and the north did. and so i'm trying to go back and reconstruct from what we know about the way the war actually went and the reasons for it. and say, now if we change a few things we would have to change more than one. but a few things that what would the world be like if a southern confederacy was on the southern border of united states of america? >> what are some of the first thngs you look at if. >> the first thing i look at is why did we fight the water in the first place? and i won't go to all the detail. but to make a long story short. we went to war over the issue of slavery. there were a lot of issues between
roger explores how domestic and foreign policy would been different if the civil war was won by the south. his book is "confederate state of america "he spoke with booktv while we were in palm brings, california. >>> the book is exactly what the title suggests. what might have happened if the south won the civil war, and i think that is something worth worrying about because the truth of the matter is the reason we worry so much about the civil war is the south did not win...
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issue of foreign policy. yourself, when is the last time you saw a stage full of latinos talking about foreign policy. let's talk about it for a second. is headed to venezuela in a few days and we all know the passing of hugo chavez, there is great conversation and consideration, concern really, about what happens in the region. there is a broader conversation about u.s. policy in latin america, in central america. there's a lot we could talk about. since we're talking about it, what are you going to venezuela for? the will be part of observation process, invited by the national electoral council for the elections in venezuela one week from tomorrow. i will be visiting polling places and so forth. my organization has a 20-year- old developer program that exposes and latino leaders to other countries. we have done a lot of work in mexico, central american, the caribbean, venezuela, observing elections, providing technical assistance, and so forth. you're right. it's a very crucial moment. although a hugo chave
issue of foreign policy. yourself, when is the last time you saw a stage full of latinos talking about foreign policy. let's talk about it for a second. is headed to venezuela in a few days and we all know the passing of hugo chavez, there is great conversation and consideration, concern really, about what happens in the region. there is a broader conversation about u.s. policy in latin america, in central america. there's a lot we could talk about. since we're talking about it, what are you...